Daily Dothttp://www.dailydot.com/Daily Dot Articleen-usWed, 21 Dec 2011 20:26:47 +0000YouTube right now! A meme-centric wedding proposal http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/youtube-rage-comic-meme-proposal/<p><img src='//cdn0.dailydot.com/cache/19/5b/195b3364ce238b95f9314ddf074d04bd.jpg'></p><p>
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Can you successfully pull off a marriage proposal with the use of memes?</p>
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For accomplished entrepreneur and techie <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/timothytiah">Timothy Tiah</a>&rsquo;s proposal video, shot by <a href="http://www.crazymonkeystudio.com/contact">Malaysia&#39;s Crazy Monkey Studio</a>, the answer is yes. And in the ultimate meta moment, that video just might go viral.</p>
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The five minute proposal begins with Tiah standing outside a restaurant with large flash cards displaying popular memes while his fiance-to-be, Audrey, looks on in bemusement with her friends.</p>
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Through the use of rage comic faces and memes like Awkward Penguin and <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/philosoraptor">Philosoraptor</a>, Tiah explains how he overcame his fear of marriage and realized Audrey is the one for him. &nbsp;</p>
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Be warned: The video will make you tear up a little.</p>
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&ldquo;At the end of the night one of the crew members asked me if I would like to film the entrance again to make it a little more dramatic but I declined. I said &lsquo;This video is for me and Aud. We just want to remember everything as it was,&rsquo;&rdquo; wrote Tiah a <a href="http://timothytiah.com/2011/12/21/video-of-our-meme-proposal/">blog post</a> about the video today.</p>
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Audrey broke down her experience in her own <a href="http://fourfeetnine.com/2011/12/11/the-proposal/">blog post</a>, writing that she had no idea it was a proposal, based off prior marriage conversations with Tiah, until the very end.</p>
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&ldquo;I was in shock so I kept asking &lsquo;eh is this a joke ah are you serious are you joking&rsquo;,&rdquo; before Tiah got down on one knee, wrote Audrey.</p>
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(If Audrey said no, Tiah had printed out a Forever Alone card. Seriously.)</p>
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&ldquo;Nerd gets the hot girl with a Meme﻿ proposal, the world just got more awesome ;)&rdquo; wrote <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/cptain91">cptain91,</a> in a comment on YouTube.</p>
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While first posted on <a href="http://vimeo.com/33507366">Crazy Monkey Studio&rsquo;s vimeo account</a>, where it racked up 64,000 views in 10 days, the YouTube repost is quickly becoming as popular.</p>
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Within a couple hours of being uploaded, the video has already gathered more than a 1,000 likes, roughly 300 comments, and a thread on Reddit.&nbsp;</p>
fruzsina@dailydot.com (Fruzsina Eördögh)Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:26:47 +0000http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/youtube-rage-comic-meme-proposal/YouTubeEntertainment